Taiwan’s democratic system is the best way forward for a post-communist China, argues a popular online commentator, who himself is a communist “princeling.” “Taiwan has been democratised for about 30 years after Lee Teng-hui became the first president of the Republic of China,” Wu Jianmin, a China affairs commentator told an event in Sydney, Australia on Nov. 12, 2023. “After 30 years, Taiwan’s democracy is now quite mature,” he said. “Among democracies worldwide, Taiwan’s contribution and its implementation of the system is now among the best in the world, not much worse than that of the United States.” Mr. Wu was a student leader in Nanjing City in the Tiananmen Square protest (June 4)....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/taiwan-a-model-for-post-communist-china-commentator-5529911
The recent downfall of a provincial-level official in China has caught the attention of political analysts because the official is known as a close confidant of Chen Min’er, a member of the Politburo who currently serves as the party chief of Tianjin. In the infighting history of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), it is a common practice for a power struggle to start with an intimate subordinate of the targeted high-ranking official. Analysts have said that after Chinese leader Xi Jinping secured his third term, there are two major factions in the top echelon of the CCP—the Zhejiang Gang and the Fujian Gang.... 
WOODSIDE, Calif.—President Joe Biden has again called China’s communist party leader Xi Jinping a dictator after their second face-to-face meeting that ended with the two countries addressing a set of contentious issues, including Chinese military aggression, fentanyl, and Taiwan. “After today, would you still refer to President Xi as a dictator, the term that you used earlier this year?” a reporter asked the president during a press conference after the meeting. “Well, look, he is,” President Biden replied. “I mean he’s a dictator in the sense that he is the guy who runs a country which is a communist country based on a form of government totally different from ours.”...
A high-level summit is unfolding in San Francisco, featuring a rare encounter between President Joe Biden and a leader he has openly labeled a “dictator.” What would a successful meeting look like for the United States and China? Despite the talks, a report from Congress says ties between Washington and Beijing are getting worse. We look at why. How damaging is Beijing’s campaign of economic coercion? A Biden official is urging countries around the globe to act. And tickets priced at a whopping $40,000 are on sale to dine at the same table as the head of the Chinese Communist Party....